Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or any of its characters. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi. However, this story and created characters are mine.
A/N: I feel this chapter is a bit short but it didn't fit well with the last or next chapter. Oh well, so I gave you two this week to enjoy.
Chapter 20: Realization
"Kagura, go find Midori." Naraku hissed the instructions to his oldest creation.
"Who?" Kagura asked, new to the name.
"You know her as my newest creation, and your sibling. Bring her to me."
Kagura bowed her head in submission. She rose to leave, in order to carry out her instructions. Walking away, the wind witch scowled. This was just like last time. She was sent to find a girl, one with jade green eyes and auburn hair; the sister of the monk. She recalled that day.
Kagura searched from the sky. She saw InuYasha and his friends fighting decaying demons. A young girl, who fit the description, was hanging for dear life on the back of a bear demon. Upon descending, screaming was heard from the young girl.
"Midori!" The voice of the monk called out to the falling girl. That must be her. Kagura continued towards the girl, keeping quiet. Watching the monk open his wind tunnel, wind swirled around the girl. She watched the girl slam into the monk. They rolled over once, falling to the ground. Now on the ground, there was only ten feet between her and the fallen couple.
That brat, she thought, is the shape shifter. The creature she hated the moment it arrived had been a little girl, one whom was easy prey by Kagura's standards. This girl had made Naraku happy, had become his favorite, despite everything Kagura had done. She was tired of having two masters who had a way to annihilate her.
"I won't follow Naraku's orders, not this time." She smiled, "I will kill her."
"I don't have a heart like you. I will only die when he dies." Kagura remembered their conversation of death. No heart, she thought, how would I kill her? She pondered, recalling any memories from and after the battle.
Once again Naraku showed up before the task was complete. Kagura felt the Saimyosho around her, meaning her master was close. Every time he sends me on a mission he comes anyway. The wind witch gritted her teeth as Naraku emerged from the greenery, surrounded by a protective barrier. Focus back to the two, she watched an enraged little girl raced towards Naraku, ready to strike him in the heart. She gasped as the blade entered his chest.
"Midori! Get away from there!" Kagura turned her attention back to the monk, knowing that Naraku would not want interference, and any would mean her head. She prepped herself for any attack attempted by the monk.
"I will give you something to fear." Naraku's words caught Kagura's attention. She watched Naraku begin to engulf the girl. Her right arm became circumvented by his flesh, disappearing from sight. She heard the young girl struggle, hoping to get free. Naraku's mismatch flesh continued its pursuit.
"I told you I would reclaim my flesh." Kagura heard the devilish words of her master. She heard the girl scream, calling to her brother. She watched as the rest of the sobbing girl entered her master's body. Why would Naraku come for this girl? Why is she so special? Kagura followed Naraku back to the castle, with his new prize inside him.
So that girl is an extension of Naraku, made of his flesh, like an arm or leg. That is why she has no heart of her own. Naraku's heart is her heart. Kagura thought to herself. Even if the girl has no heart, she must be connected with the heart somehow. That is what I must sever. Kagura continued to contemplate on her dilemma. Her ability is shape shifting. By having one hair of another in her possession, she can become that person, that creature, through her right palm.
An evil smile covered her face.
"I will kill you brat."